Alec Baldwin to star with Tom Cruise in next 'Mission Impossible'

Baldwin would play the director of the CIA, while "The White Queen" star Rebecca Ferguson will reportedly play a villain, an individual familiar with the Paramount project told TheWrap. Paramount did not immediately reply to a request for comment from the website.

Ferguson would take the role once rumored as Jessica Chastain's.

Christopher McQuarrie will direct a script by Drew Pearce. and Cruise is producing with J.J. Abrams and Skydance's David Ellison. Shooting is scheduled to begin this fall.

Actor Alec Baldwin from the TV show "30 Rock" holds the the Best Actor in a Comedy award, in the press room during the 2009 Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on September 20, 2009. ( Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images))

Baldwin is also reportedly in talks to join Will Smith in Peter Landesman's drama about football concussions. And the former "30 Rock" star apparently will star in Cameron Crowe's upcoming untitled film starring Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone, according to TheWrap.

If he keeps this up, he may not find time to scream at photographers anymore.

Ferguson will soon star in "Hercules," though probably not in the title role.